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by klipt 1011 days ago
Most of our ancestors just ate much less refined sugar, so probably had less need for dental care in the first place.
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> ...there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently (shakespeare)

Why defer to a baseless "probably" when you can easily check what is known about the past? Wikipedia doesn't put the blame on refined sugar but rather point to farming as to what correlated with dental issues. Are you familiar with the barber's pole? that's the sign for the location where our ancestors went to be relived from owning teeth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber%27s_pole